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Moonstruck by Rebecca Brandewyne
A stunning Irish beauty is irresistibly drawn to the noble, tormented leader of a rival clan — despite a generations-old curse that transforms him into something dark and mysterious when the moon is full.
Lovers and demons by Shannon Drake
Fleeing the unholy attentions of a creature of the night, a ravishing Confederate smuggler joins forces with a brave Yankee officer — and discovers ecstasy in the arms of her handsome, virile enemy.
Moonstone magic by Jill Gregory
A bewitching medieval enchantress is torn between her sworn duty to her imperiled family — and her unquenchable desire for a bold warrior who holds the key to her power... and her heart.
Stars in her eyes by Becky Lee Weyrich
An endangered young widow is rescued by the passionate magic of love — when destiny unites her with a dashing and magnificent stranger from the stars...
A stunning Irish beauty is irresistibly drawn to the noble, tormented leader of a rival clan — despite a generations-old curse that transforms him into something dark and mysterious when the moon is full.
Lovers and demons by Shannon Drake
Fleeing the unholy attentions of a creature of the night, a ravishing Confederate smuggler joins forces with a brave Yankee officer — and discovers ecstasy in the arms of her handsome, virile enemy.
Moonstone magic by Jill Gregory
A bewitching medieval enchantress is torn between her sworn duty to her imperiled family — and her unquenchable desire for a bold warrior who holds the key to her power... and her heart.
Stars in her eyes by Becky Lee Weyrich
An endangered young widow is rescued by the passionate magic of love — when destiny unites her with a dashing and magnificent stranger from the stars...
400 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1993
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Rebecca Brandewyne
61 books178 followersBorn in Knoxville, Tennessee, Rebecca lived in Knoxville and then, later, Chattanooga for the first few years of her life. After that, she and her family moved to Kansas, where she grew up, spending her summers in Alabama, visiting both sets of her grandparents. She says she's just a country girl with a dash of big city sprinkled in for spice. But having traveled extensively in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, and the Caribbean, she moves easily between the publishing world of New York and her hometown.
Rebecca graduated cum laude with departmental honors from Wichita State University, earning a B.A. in journalism, minors in history and music (theory and composition), and an M.A. in communications [mass (broadcasting) and interpersonal (dyadic relationships):]. During the course of her education, she was fortunate enough to study at various times under, among several other distinguished instructors, three Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and one of the foremost authorities in the field of interpersonal communication. Twice a recipient of the Victor Murdock Scholarship, Rebecca taught interpersonal communication at the university level before becoming a published writer.
She was twenty-one when she started work on her first novel, No Gentle Love. She finished the book a year later and sold it to Warner Books some months after her twenty-third birthday, making her, at that time, the youngest romance author in America, a record that stood for ten years before finally being broken. To date, Rebecca has written over thirty consecutive bestselling titles, including novels and novellas on the following lists: New York Times, Publishers Weekly, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Magazine & Bookseller, Ingram, B. Dalton, and Waldenbooks, among many others.
Her books have been translated into a number of foreign languages, including Chinese, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Rumanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish; and they have been published in over sixty countries worldwide. Many have been selections of the Doubleday Book Club and Literary Guild. Hardback editions of several titles have been published by Severn House, and large-print editions of some books are also available from Macmillan Library Reference and Thorndike Press. Rebecca currently has millions of books in print in the United States alone.
From Affaire de Coeur magazine, she has won: the Classic Award for Classic Romances, for Love, Cherish Me, 1990; the Golden Quill Award for Best of the '80s Historical Romances, for Love, Cherish Me, 1990; the Bronze Pen (Wholesalers' Choice) Award, 1989; the Silver Pen (Readers' Choice) Award, 1988, 1987, and 1986; and a Gold Certificate for The Outlaw Hearts, 1987.
From Romantic Times magazine, she has won: the Reviewer's Choice Nominee for Best Historical Romantic Mystery, for The Ninefold Key, 2004; the Reviewer's Choice Certificate of Excellence for Victorian Historical Romance, for The Jacaranda Tree, 1995; the KISS (Knight in Shining Silver) of the Month for Best Hero, for The Jacaranda Tree, 1995, and for Swan Road, 1994; the Career Achievement Award for Futuristic Romance, 1991, for Passion Moon Rising and Beyond the Starlit Frost; the Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Historical Gothic, for Across a Starlit Sea, 1989, and for Upon a Moon-Dark Moor, 1988; the Historical Romance Novelist of the Year Award, 1987; and the Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Western Romance, for The Outlaw Hearts, 1986. Rebecca has also been named one of Love's Leading Ladies and inducted into Romantic Times magazine's Hall of Fame.
http://www.brandewyne.com/castle/gall...
Rebecca graduated cum laude with departmental honors from Wichita State University, earning a B.A. in journalism, minors in history and music (theory and composition), and an M.A. in communications [mass (broadcasting) and interpersonal (dyadic relationships):]. During the course of her education, she was fortunate enough to study at various times under, among several other distinguished instructors, three Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and one of the foremost authorities in the field of interpersonal communication. Twice a recipient of the Victor Murdock Scholarship, Rebecca taught interpersonal communication at the university level before becoming a published writer.
She was twenty-one when she started work on her first novel, No Gentle Love. She finished the book a year later and sold it to Warner Books some months after her twenty-third birthday, making her, at that time, the youngest romance author in America, a record that stood for ten years before finally being broken. To date, Rebecca has written over thirty consecutive bestselling titles, including novels and novellas on the following lists: New York Times, Publishers Weekly, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Magazine & Bookseller, Ingram, B. Dalton, and Waldenbooks, among many others.
Her books have been translated into a number of foreign languages, including Chinese, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Rumanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish; and they have been published in over sixty countries worldwide. Many have been selections of the Doubleday Book Club and Literary Guild. Hardback editions of several titles have been published by Severn House, and large-print editions of some books are also available from Macmillan Library Reference and Thorndike Press. Rebecca currently has millions of books in print in the United States alone.
From Affaire de Coeur magazine, she has won: the Classic Award for Classic Romances, for Love, Cherish Me, 1990; the Golden Quill Award for Best of the '80s Historical Romances, for Love, Cherish Me, 1990; the Bronze Pen (Wholesalers' Choice) Award, 1989; the Silver Pen (Readers' Choice) Award, 1988, 1987, and 1986; and a Gold Certificate for The Outlaw Hearts, 1987.
From Romantic Times magazine, she has won: the Reviewer's Choice Nominee for Best Historical Romantic Mystery, for The Ninefold Key, 2004; the Reviewer's Choice Certificate of Excellence for Victorian Historical Romance, for The Jacaranda Tree, 1995; the KISS (Knight in Shining Silver) of the Month for Best Hero, for The Jacaranda Tree, 1995, and for Swan Road, 1994; the Career Achievement Award for Futuristic Romance, 1991, for Passion Moon Rising and Beyond the Starlit Frost; the Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Historical Gothic, for Across a Starlit Sea, 1989, and for Upon a Moon-Dark Moor, 1988; the Historical Romance Novelist of the Year Award, 1987; and the Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Western Romance, for The Outlaw Hearts, 1986. Rebecca has also been named one of Love's Leading Ladies and inducted into Romantic Times magazine's Hall of Fame.
http://www.brandewyne.com/castle/gall...
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February 19, 2018
This is one of my all time favorite romances.... I don't know why. Maybe because it has a little bit of everything that I love....and it's magic!
February 5, 2015
Moonstruck - Rebecca Brandewyne - 1/5 - Oh noz. This was a disaster of a story for my tastes. Sionna is the daughter of the Kilclare chieftain (whose ancestor ages ago cursed the O'Neill's) and Lucan O'Neill is forcing her to marry him. He's an ass. He laughs at her, humiliates her, backhands her on their wedding night, basically allows her to choose between rape or submission and is overall a smug arse. Never apologizes for any of it either. Dickhead. Asshole heroes aside, the heroine is a doormat. She has a bit of spark at the beginning, but he tames her pretty sufficiently and she submits entirely to his domain...even having moments of fear that she's upset him and that he'll beat her. Yet she falls in love with him. Add to this a very disturbing aspect - he's a werewolf. My number one rule in werewolf romance, no dog sex. Well, while he's transformed (he's half beast/half man at the time...apparently the sexual parts are man) he likes to find her and have sex with her and she's okay with it...she's drugged, but she's fine with it. Even after she finds out that man-beast is her husband, she's totally cool. At least it was her husband and he wouldn't be beating her for being unfaithful. Then the rushed ending and the "magical" cure which was so under-explained and finished. This wasn't even train wreck enjoyable...it was just bad.
Lovers and Demons - Shannon Drake - 3/5 - This is the first story I have read by Shannon Drake that did not include any rapey hero nonsense. I'm sure there are others out there, but this is my first. So Lenore is a widow of the Civil War on the side of the South. Nathaniel is a Colonel in the Union Army and met Lenore before she married her now dead husband. They had some insta-chemistry thing going on, but she still got married and they haven't seen each other since. They end up meeting under some weird circumstances - someone or something is murdering soldiers, lightning quick and stalking Lenore under the full moon. This has a unique blend of supernatural and history. As with any Shannon Drake, there is a lot of background and atmosphere created for the historical. Normally, that's great with a longer book, but in such a short story, I would prefer more character focus. Although I do have to give credit, she does create a realistic and dire portrayal of war. I did like it.
Moonstone Magic - Jill Gregory - 3/5 - This is sooooo fluffy! Well, it has some action and adventure in it, but we can basically take the first story in this book and make it fluffy and that's this one. Brianne was born a sorceress, but as a baby her powers were bound into a moonstone, which was then lost...so she can't reclaim them unless she finds it. Her mother prophecies that the man who comes for her, the cruel Eodric (also her betrothed), will have it. Well, along comes King Ralf of Kerric who kidnaps her before her betrothed can reach her. He forces her to marry him, makes all kinds of lewd suggestions (alluding to the wedding night to make her blush) but he's gentle and promises not to hurt her and all that. No assholes here. The story moves along with a fantasy-like feeling, not too much angst and a lot of insta-love. This was average - not a very memorable story IMHO, but entertaining.
Stars In Her Eyes - Becky Lee Weyrich - 2/5 - This one waskind of weird. Emily is a widow on a ship bound for the States and is being stalked by a shapeless alien, but she's flirting with the handsome Jonathan Webb. Disaster ensues and but the alien assumes human form by borrowing a dead body and saving Emily. He tracks her down in the States with his borrowed body and relates his mission. This isn't even the weirdest part - the weirdest part is the heroine's reactions. She is remarkably blase and accepting about the fact that he's here to have sex with her and leave her with a child before heading back home. She never even stops to think that she's an unmarried woman in the 1890's and she's totally okay with being impregnated and left alone...since she's in love with him (even though she knows nothing about him). She's only momentarily squicked out at the fact that he's wearing a dead body as a suit (I kept thinking about it throughout the whole story wondering how he wasn't decaying). Oh and he has green laser beams that shoot from his eyes that have tactile abilities - he has multiple settings such as caress and fondle that he likes to use on her breasts. There are other weird moments too that I can't recall at the moment, but these took the cake for me. Stars for originality, but a bit too farfetched for me.
Lovers and Demons - Shannon Drake - 3/5 - This is the first story I have read by Shannon Drake that did not include any rapey hero nonsense. I'm sure there are others out there, but this is my first. So Lenore is a widow of the Civil War on the side of the South. Nathaniel is a Colonel in the Union Army and met Lenore before she married her now dead husband. They had some insta-chemistry thing going on, but she still got married and they haven't seen each other since. They end up meeting under some weird circumstances - someone or something is murdering soldiers, lightning quick and stalking Lenore under the full moon. This has a unique blend of supernatural and history. As with any Shannon Drake, there is a lot of background and atmosphere created for the historical. Normally, that's great with a longer book, but in such a short story, I would prefer more character focus. Although I do have to give credit, she does create a realistic and dire portrayal of war. I did like it.
Moonstone Magic - Jill Gregory - 3/5 - This is sooooo fluffy! Well, it has some action and adventure in it, but we can basically take the first story in this book and make it fluffy and that's this one. Brianne was born a sorceress, but as a baby her powers were bound into a moonstone, which was then lost...so she can't reclaim them unless she finds it. Her mother prophecies that the man who comes for her, the cruel Eodric (also her betrothed), will have it. Well, along comes King Ralf of Kerric who kidnaps her before her betrothed can reach her. He forces her to marry him, makes all kinds of lewd suggestions (alluding to the wedding night to make her blush) but he's gentle and promises not to hurt her and all that. No assholes here. The story moves along with a fantasy-like feeling, not too much angst and a lot of insta-love. This was average - not a very memorable story IMHO, but entertaining.
Stars In Her Eyes - Becky Lee Weyrich - 2/5 - This one was
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July 30, 2022
The collection overall was very good.
Moonstruck, by Rebecca Brandewyne - 5 stars - I loved this one. It was about rival Irish clans and the noble, tormented leader of one whose curse it is to go wolf-mad at a full moon.
Lovers and Demons, by Shannon Drake - 3 stars - Quite enjoyable, but my least favourite of the collection, this was about a Confederate woman who smuggles medicines, a werewolf on the loose, and the Yankee officer who saves her.
Moonstone Magic, by Jill Gregory - 3 stars - This was my second favourite of the collection. I liked the plot, etc, just a little wary of the style. The heroine has some sort of magic in someplace like ancient Wales and the hero has the key to her power.
Stars in Her Eyes, by Becky Lee Weyrich - 3 stars - I liked this one but found it completely preposterous. About a woman in historical USA shipwrecked and saved by an alien in a UFO whose people say he must return home when he doesn't want to. He can laser her pleasure points with her eyes. Kooky!
Moonstruck, by Rebecca Brandewyne - 5 stars - I loved this one. It was about rival Irish clans and the noble, tormented leader of one whose curse it is to go wolf-mad at a full moon.
Lovers and Demons, by Shannon Drake - 3 stars - Quite enjoyable, but my least favourite of the collection, this was about a Confederate woman who smuggles medicines, a werewolf on the loose, and the Yankee officer who saves her.
Moonstone Magic, by Jill Gregory - 3 stars - This was my second favourite of the collection. I liked the plot, etc, just a little wary of the style. The heroine has some sort of magic in someplace like ancient Wales and the hero has the key to her power.
Stars in Her Eyes, by Becky Lee Weyrich - 3 stars - I liked this one but found it completely preposterous. About a woman in historical USA shipwrecked and saved by an alien in a UFO whose people say he must return home when he doesn't want to. He can laser her pleasure points with her eyes. Kooky!
February 9, 2009
It took me over 8 months to finish this =/
It consists of 4 short stories... And I must say all were 3 stars or Less. Most of thr writing is GREAT. Too bad its just so BLEH. It really did bore me hence the 8 months it took to finish it.
It consists of 4 short stories... And I must say all were 3 stars or Less. Most of thr writing is GREAT. Too bad its just so BLEH. It really did bore me hence the 8 months it took to finish it.
November 12, 2009
A nice collection of supernatural romances.
August 4, 2012
Not too shabby collection of romance short stories. =)
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